Corn fritters recipe

• All-purpose flour or Maida – 2 cup
• Baking powder - 1 tsp
• Pepper Powder – to taste
• Salt – to taste
• Egg - 1
• Milk – ½ cup
• Oil – 2 tsp
• Corn kernel – 1 cup

1. Heat oil in a heavy wok.
2. In a bowl, combine flour, baking powder, pepper powder and Salt.
3. Beat together egg, milk, and oil; stir into flour mixture.
4. Now mix in the corn kernels.
5. Drop fritter batter by spoonfuls into the hot oil, and fry until golden brown.
6. Drain on paper towels.
7. Ready to serve.

NOTE: By this you will get 24 pieces

Simple Rasam

It is a South Indian cuisine which most of the people like to have. There are different types of rasam are there but this is the basic and simple method.

• Tomato - 2 No.(cut into 4 pieces)
• Tamarind - 1 small lemon size(soaked in water)
• Pepper - 2 tsp
• Garlic pods - 4-5 No.
• Cumin seeds - 2 tsp
• Curry leaves - as required
• Sesame oil - 2 tsp
• Salt - as required
• Coriander leaves - as required(chopped)
• Termaric powder - ½ tsp
• Asafoetida powder - a pinch

1. In a mixer jar put cumin seed, pepper and garlic, grind it corsley, keep aside.
2. Squeeze the tamarind and take the pulp and keep a side.
   
3. In a kadi put oil and let it heat.
4. Now put some cumin seed and put this pepper mixer in it and fry it nicely.
5. Add the curry leaves, tomatoes and salt and fry nicely.
6. Add termaric powder and asafoetida powder.
   
7. Put the tamarind pulp and the coriander leaves.
8. When the resam starts to boil switch of the stove, it should not boil if it then the bitterness will come.
   

Chicken Noodles Soup

Last week my husband was having viral fever. I asked him what he want to eat he told any thing which gives me energy. So I thought of this soup. I went in to the kitchen blank without any idea while I was chopping I got this idea of making this soup. It will be some what bland if you want you can add sauce or chillies.

• Chicken - 500gms(with bone)
• Carrot - 50 gms (Chopped)
  
• Beans - 50 gms(Chopped)
• Capsicum - 50 gms(Chopped)
• Cabbage - 50 gms(Chopped)
• Noodles - 100 gms
• Onion - 1 no(Chopped)
• Garlic - 5 pods(crushed)
• Oil or Butter - 2 tsp
• Pepper - as required
• Salt - to taste

1. In a Microwave bowl put the chicken and add enough water so that it cook nicely and add salt, keep in 100% for 15 mints. If the chicken did not cook keep for some more time.
2. When done remove the flesh and discard the bones, keep this aside.
   
3. In the same water add all the vegetables, keep in 100% power for 5 mints. till it become tender.
4. When cooked strain it and keep both, the vegetable and the stock aside.
5. In a big  microwave safe bowl add water, oil and salt, boil for 8 min. at 100% power.
6. Add noodles and boil for 7 min. at 100%. Stir in between.
7. Strain and wash under cold running water and keep aside.
   
8. Now in a kadai, put the oil or butter and let it heat.
9. Add the garlic and the onion and saute' it till it become transparent.
10. Now add the shredded chicken and the vegetable and saute' it for 5 mints in high flame so that the moisture goes.
11. Add the noodles and the stock and if required add more water and cook it well and add the required salt and pepper.
12. Serve it hot.
    

Low fats: Tomato Soup

Take a piece of bread and roast it and serve the soup by keeping the bread on the top of the soup

• Tomatoes – 350grm(chopped)
• Carrot – 55grm(chopped)
• Onion – 30grm(chopped)
• Corn flour – 30grm
• Milk – 300ml
• Water – 750 ml
• Pepper powder – to taste
• Salt – to taste

1. Cook all the vegetables in water with pepper powder and salt till tender.
2. Now drain the water and make pure of it.
3. Now in another pan mix milk and corn flour to make white sauce.
4. Cool the sauce and then add the puree gradually.
5. Now reheat the soup and serve hot. If you want more seasoning you can add.

Low fats: Veg. soup

• Veg stock or water – 750 ml
• Celery – 60gms
• Onion – 60gms
• Tomatoes – 120gms
• Turnip – 60gms
• Corn flour – 30gms
• Milk – 300ml
• Pepper powder – to taste
• Salt – to taste

1. Chop all the vegetables.
2. Cook in the veg stock till tender or in water.
3. When it cooked well strain the stock and make a pure.
4. Now in another pan mix milk and corn flour to make white sauce.
5. Add this white sauce to pure with pepper powder and salt.
6. Reheat this again and serve. If you want you can add some boiled vegetables at this time for more taste.

Spinach Soup

• Spinach (1 bunch) – 2cups (shredded)
• Bottle gourd – 2 tbsp (grated)
• Salt - to taste
• pepper - to taste
• Water – 2 cup

1. Wash spinach well. Put in a large vessel sprinkle 2-3 pinches of salt let the water boil for 3 to 4 minutes and now add bottle gourd and spinach to it.
2. Boil it on high flame by covering it, till soft. Take off from the fire.
3. Pour cold water over it.
4. Blend in a mixer till smooth.
5. Now in a deep pan add water and the blend mixer.
6. Add all other ingredients.
7. Bring to a boil.
8. Now ready to serve.

Rosted Red Pepper and Tomato Soup

• Tomato - 5
• Red pepper - 1
• Milk - 3/4cups
• Black pepper
• Cream - 1tsp
• Onion - 1
• Garlic - 2pods
• Butter - 1tsp
• Maida - 1tsp
• Oil - 1tsp
• salt
• Coriander leaves

1. Boil tomato, onion, garlic and blend it in the blender.
2. Apply oil on red pepper & roast it on the open fire.After it cool peel the skin & cut it.
3. Add this pepper to the blended pure and blend this also.
4. Now keep a pan on the stove and put butter. When it get melted add maida and roast it nicely.Add milk slowly while stirring. Be careful no lumps should form.
5. Add the grounded pure. Add pepper & salt according to your taste.
6. Add coriander leaves over it and serve hot.